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Lung Ventilation Scan

Idaho rates for HCPCS 78579

A nuclear medicine study of how air moves into and through the lungs. You breathe in a radioactive gas or a fine mist through a mask or mouthpiece while a camera records where it reaches, revealing parts of the lungs that are not being aired properly. It is often paired with a blood-flow study when a clot in the lungs is suspected.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Lung Ventilation Scan cost?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $832 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$302$204 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$490 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,413Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $40 to $407
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $832professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$346.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Idaho· 6th of 51

$355

AK $676FL $151

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.